Fight for 15 on HotAir

Fight for 15

Mar 2021

Sanders, Senate progressives: Damn the parliamentarian’s torpedo, full steam ahead on Fight for 15

Ed Morrissey Mar 02, 2021 3:01 PM

Manchin: “Jesus Christ, what don’t you understand about ‘never’?”

Senate Dems: Maybe that $15 per hour plan B won’t work after all

Jazz Shaw Mar 01, 2021 9:49 AM

Ya think?

Feb 2021

Progressives to Biden: Make Harris overrule Senate parliamentarian on minimum-wage hike

Ed Morrissey Feb 26, 2021 8:41 AM

Impotence.

Biden to mayors: Minimum-wage hike is all but dead

Ed Morrissey Feb 19, 2021 5:51 PM

Byrd brains.

Aug 2020

Breaking: The Associated Press fact checks Spartacus

Jazz Shaw Aug 21, 2020 10:01 AM

Wonders never cease

Sep 2019

NYC restaurant industry jobs evaporate after $15/hr wage sets in

Jazz Shaw Sep 30, 2019 2:31 PM

If only someone had warned them… (/sarc)

Jul 2019

Bernie Sanders’ staffers have the best private health insurance money can buy

Jazz Shaw Jul 24, 2019 12:31 PM

But the rest of you are going to be screwed

Fight for 15 because tipping is slavery or something

Jazz Shaw Jul 20, 2019 8:31 PM

And they’re actually serious

Mar 2019

NY waitresses and bartenders wish Amy Schumer would butt out

Jazz Shaw Mar 26, 2019 5:01 PM

Go help someone in California

Feb 2019

Can the government force companies to rehire employees after minimum wage hike layoffs?

Jazz Shaw Feb 19, 2019 2:31 PM

Doesn’t seem like they could, but New York may try

Jan 2019

New Yorkers shocked to find food prices rising after minimum wage hike

Jazz Shaw Jan 30, 2019 4:31 PM

Who could have seen this coming?

Nov 2018

Sanders bill would “force” Walmart to pay $15 per hour

Jazz Shaw Nov 15, 2018 9:21 AM

That’s not how any of this works, Bernie

Oct 2018

Amazon’s pay raise hits a rough patch

Jazz Shaw Oct 06, 2018 7:01 PM

Capitalism in action, but it’s complicated

Aug 2018

Minnesota minimum wage hike leads to predictable results

Jazz Shaw Aug 06, 2018 9:21 AM

No job, no wages, no worries!

Jul 2018

Adios, entry level jobs at the Golden Arches

Jazz Shaw Jul 20, 2018 8:01 AM

Order up!

The Fight for 15 is knocking NYC out

Jazz Shaw Jul 17, 2018 4:31 PM

Flee as you value your lives

Jun 2018

The tipping wars come to DC

Jazz Shaw Jun 17, 2018 5:01 PM

Yeah, the government should be able to fix this in no time

Shocker: McDonald’s will have self-order kiosks in all stores by 2020

John Sexton Jun 05, 2018 7:41 PM

“McDonald’s will roll out self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores every quarter…”

May 2018

The NYC “minimum wage bomb”

Jazz Shaw May 05, 2018 5:31 PM

The 5% surcharge solution

Mar 2018

Flippy the robot starts work in California restaurant

John Sexton Mar 05, 2018 9:21 PM

“This technology is not about replacing jobs…”

Jan 2018

Unions increasingly shifting to “shadow unions” to avoid scrutiny

Jazz Shaw Jan 08, 2018 6:41 PM

What’s a “work center” and why should you avoid one?

Canadians shocked when minimum wage hike negatively impacts workers

Jazz Shaw Jan 06, 2018 8:31 AM

Who among us could have predicted this?

Nov 2017

More SEIU leaders ousted after sexual harassment allegations

John Sexton Nov 03, 2017 3:21 PM

“…complaints about top-level staff on the Fight for 15 were an open secret”

Oct 2017

Progressive, “fair wage” pizza shop closing its doors

Jazz Shaw Oct 25, 2017 10:41 AM

Good intentions do not for good profits make

Shake Shack makes the move to automation in the face of higher wages

Jazz Shaw Oct 11, 2017 6:41 PM

Rise of the machines

Shake Shack introduces cashless, kiosk-only ordering at new location

John Sexton Oct 03, 2017 1:01 PM

“…guests will use digital kiosks or their mobile phones to place orders.”

Sep 2017

How Target wins the “Fight for 15”

Jazz Shaw Sep 26, 2017 8:01 AM

The free market works its magic again

Dem poll produces surprising results on minimum wage, college tuition

Jazz Shaw Sep 13, 2017 2:31 PM

Reality is a harsh mistress

Aug 2017

Missouri’s new minimum wage law will be… complicated

Jazz Shaw Aug 27, 2017 11:01 AM

One wage to rule them all…

Study: In the end, the machine will win

Jazz Shaw Aug 16, 2017 4:31 PM

Fight for 15 of something else

Study: Increasing minimum wage would cost one Maryland county 47,000 jobs

John Sexton Aug 03, 2017 5:21 PM

“…a loss of almost 47,000 jobs and $396.5 million in total income by 2022”

Emails show collusion in squashing Seattle minimum wage story

Jazz Shaw Aug 01, 2017 12:31 PM

Good thing this guy isn’t running for another term, eh?

Jun 2017

Not just Seattle. NYC feeling the heat from minimum wage hikes

Jazz Shaw Jun 27, 2017 9:21 AM

Start spreading the news…

McDonald’s stock is soaring because of… automation

Jazz Shaw Jun 25, 2017 2:01 PM

These kiosks don’t make $15 per hour or need benefits

To defend a higher minimum wage, San Fran looks at… banning robots

Jazz Shaw Jun 01, 2017 7:21 PM

The nanny state has a solution for everything

May 2017

Bringing manufacturing jobs back to America turns out to be complicated

Jazz Shaw May 31, 2017 9:21 AM

It’s… complicated

Fight for 15 champion DNC sued for not paying minimum wage

Jazz Shaw May 15, 2017 4:31 PM

Goes around, comes around

Apr 2017

Here comes the next Democratic push in the Fight for 15

Jazz Shaw Apr 24, 2017 9:41 PM

Despite the fact that they’ll crush jobs

San Francisco’s minimum wage spike is already shutting down restaurants

Jazz Shaw Apr 18, 2017 10:41 AM

Up in flames

Report: SEIU spent $19 million to promote ‘Fight for $15’

John Sexton Apr 03, 2017 3:01 PM

“$1.7 million was paid to BerlinRosen, a New York-based public relations company…”

Mar 2017

Have it your way. McDonald’s rolling out “massive” test of mobile ordering app

Jazz Shaw Mar 16, 2017 12:41 PM

Get that to go

Feb 2017

To fight income inequality, Make the Bubonic Plague Great Again

Jazz Shaw Feb 04, 2017 8:31 AM

Great equalizer

Fight for 15? Meet the Big Mac machine

Jazz Shaw Feb 02, 2017 10:41 AM

The new employee looks rather square

Dec 2016

Hot Air’s Top 50 posts in 2016: The runners-up

Ed Morrissey Dec 26, 2016 7:31 PM

Benghazi and a Code Red.